Perhaps it’s an age thing, but I find increasingly that change is annoying. No matter what field of life you enter, there is a good chance that some bright spark, no doubt in an effort to make a name for him or herself, has caused “improvements” to be made.

Recently, I was delighted to hear about one place where things are the same as they’ve always been.

It’s been some time since I last visited Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Café in Victorville. Sometime back, my little riding group lost a dear friend and he was a great promoter of this small café on the original Route 66 just to the north of the 15 in Victorville. It is now called D Street.

We regularly used to ride to this fine establishment, and no doubt it was his fondness for the type of fare that helped along his demise. Not that I could in any way blame Emma Jean’s for this, as most of my generation used to eat similar food every morning before we headed out for school.

When I asked co-owner Shawna Gentry if anything had changed since I last wrote about the place about five years ago, she said quite demurely: “No, we’re still the same. Except we now have a kids menu.

I was glad to hear that, as on this occasion I had brought along She Who Must Be Obeyed, who is a very small eater.

In deference to me, no doubt, SWMBO had skipped the kids’ part of the menu and selected a cheese omelet that arrived at the table with a large portion of hash browns. Considering her appetite limitations, I was quite proud of the effort she put in.

For my part, I chose the ham steak and eggs. I noticed that the menu stated that it was now a half ham steak; this was an OK improvement as I had always struggled eating the entire thing.When it arrived — on its own plate, no less — the thing was a large as it had ever been; I assumed that Brian Gentry must be ordering extra large hogs for this delicacy.

Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Café has an interesting and rather romantic history. It opened in 1947, and while everyone calls it simply Emma Jean’s, the Holland part of the name comes from the original owners, Bob and Kate Holland, who built a café out of cinder blocks that had been made just down the road where the Cemex cement plant now sits.

The immediate area is not the prettiest, with railroad tracks and a busy road nearby. Two huge windmills slowly turn in the hot desert air, but people are not here for the view.

Brian’s father, Richard Gentry, was one of the cement truck drivers from the nearby plant. He was a regular from pretty much Day 1. His wife, Emma Jean, worked as a waitress for many years and in 1979, Richard bought the Holland Café for his wife to own. It was the oldest standing restaurant in the Victorville area, and he gave it its new name.

Emma Jean died in 1996 and Richard followed in 2008. Brian and Shawna then took over the business, which is closed Sundays.

There is a scene in Quentin Tarantino’s 2004 movie, “Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” when the character played by Uma Thurman escapes from being buried alive. She is seen struggling to cross the road opposite Emma Jean’s and comes in. She sits at the counter and quietly orders a glass of water.

I think I sat in the same seat she did. It might have been one or two to the side, but at least I know that very little, including that seat, in this great place has changed. Thank heavens!

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Trevor Summons writes about getaways in the Inland Empire and beyond. His book, “Trevor’s Travels (in Southern California),” is available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers. Email trevorsummons@hotmail.com.